diff --git a/contrib/archlinux/systemd/ebusd.service b/contrib/archlinux/systemd/ebusd.service
index e0d44006..5bb9f4d2 100644
--- a/contrib/archlinux/systemd/ebusd.service
+++ b/contrib/archlinux/systemd/ebusd.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=/var/log
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
 PIDFile=/run/ebusd.pid
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/conf.d/ebusd
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ebusd $EBUSD_OPTS
diff --git a/contrib/debian/systemd/ebusd.service b/contrib/debian/systemd/ebusd.service
index ca93a24e..1398bdcb 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/systemd/ebusd.service
+++ b/contrib/debian/systemd/ebusd.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=/var/log
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
 PIDFile=/var/run/ebusd.pid
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ebusd
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ebusd $EBUSD_OPTS